Electrochemical nitrate reduction for ammonia production: amorphous or crystalline oxidized copper catalyst?
Quanxiao Peng, Dandan Xing, Liuqi Dong, Yuhan Fu, Jixue Lu, Xiaoyu Wang, Changhong Wang, Chunxian Guo
Abstract
An amorphous oxidized copper (a-O–Cu) is designed to investigate for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. It is found that a-O–Cu has high capability for water dissociation and amorphous structure-enabled high catalytic activity.
Topics & Concepts
AmmoniaNitrateElectrochemistryAmmonia productionAmorphous solidInorganic chemistryPollutantCrystal (programming language)ChemistryReduction (mathematics)Materials scienceEnvironmental chemistryElectrodeOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePhysical chemistryProgramming languageMathematicsGeometryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction